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Memes as the artefacts of our ignorance Haniya Waheed March 30, 2026 Social media and political propaganda Winter 2026 Caucus report Sijil Jindani March 30, 2026 Transparency, wellness, and finances discussed EDITORIAL Don’t waste your assets Sofija Stankovic April 24, 2026 Final remarks Artefacts of absence Sofija Stankovic March 30, 2026 Zagreb’s museum of broken relationships Death and Devotion Sofija Stankovic March 30, 2026 “And to not know what the next moment will bring… brings you closer to a perception of death. You see, thats why I think that ... New faces in old places Sofija Stankovic February 19, 2026 “In the same way that the heart does not care which life it beats for, the city does not care who fulfils its various functions. ... OPINIONS On Losing the God Complex Victoria Dubrovsky April 24, 2026 And then, forgetting it for good Alone in the wasteland Matheo Nadon April 24, 2026 Everyone is dead. You are born completely alone. Would you feel lonely? At first, the answer seems obvious. Probably not. Loneliness usually feels like being ... It’s alive!! Eunsae Lee March 30, 2026 Our humanness commodified in our obsession with ‘vintage’ Abeunt studia in mores Katrina Eilender March 30, 2026 Is Vic's motto relic or reality? FEATURES Neoliberal Academia: The Death of Morality at UofT Karim Arif April 24, 2026 Neoliberal academia has quietly yet increasingly undermined UofT’s moral principles Lenses of identity Adelaine Aniag March 30, 2026 Exploring cameras as artefacts of memory and self Art is power. Power is art. Lia Iannarilli and Malaika Bunzigiye March 30, 2026 Investigating the relationship between cultural sovereignty and Congolese emancipation Cannibal capitalism Amanda Meng February 19, 2026 How does capitalism eat itself to death? ARTS AND CULTURE Mirages of the self Marnie Scott April 24, 2026 Isolation, wandering, and the solitary quest in American wasteland cinema We cannot kill What’s Killing the Poets? Sofia Terese Glantz April 24, 2026 "What’s Killing the Poets?" may not have qualified for any awards, but it won the audience Dramafest Home is where the art is Ace Meltzer March 30, 2026 The argument for museological repatriation The university speaks Bosko Garaca March 30, 2026 Brian Soucek’s newest book addresses universities’ most pressing questions on academic freedom SCIENCE Lunchbox for the apocalypse Shivantika Shegar April 24, 2026 Picture this: the world, in all of its peculiar glory, decides to end tomorrow. Imagine that this sudden apocalypse came with the token doomsday tragedies—barren, Should humanity colonise space? Ziad Nashad and Zachary Xerri April 24, 2026 As space settlement becomes plausible, we must ask whether leaving Earth is a necessity or an irreversible mistake. Space junk Shivantika Shegar March 30, 2026 Artefacts in orbit Artefacts of Science Ziad Nashad and Zachary Xerri March 30, 2026 How chance encounters with the physical world set innovation in motion. POETRY Anthropocene Charis Li April 24, 2026 Oh my love, there is ruin That I have dipped my toes in A polluted connection An exploitative relation No matter how much I do LVX ÆTERNA Sebin Cho April 24, 2026 Waterboard at seven, Legacy parkade at eleven; she reclined in her seat, black plastic smoked to crystal, and with hand like pale candelabra reached for ... VI. UNREAL CITY MMXXV Diana Nagporwalla April 24, 2026 The skyline is sharp and jagged So when smog slaps it, Rain bleeds, thick and oily and hesitant when Every clock broke last week in ... Fucker dance Ava Reitmaier Stone March 30, 2026 Motivations can be understood as they manifest in the reactions to each moment, everyone is coming together in the Now—this cannot be transcended as it ... STRANDED The best places on campus to survive a nuclear war Max Friedman-Cole April 24, 2026 An unfortunately-prescient guide to UofT’s best fallout shelters Rating UofT toilets Victoria Li April 24, 2026 The best and worst places for your waste to land Death by UofTears L F. Shubert April 24, 2026 A student rewrite of The Wasteland’s “IV. Death by Water” Actually, my filthy dorm room is a museum Jia Bawa March 30, 2026 Welcome to the museum. Gloves will be provided upon entry. Instagram Facebook Twitter Linkedin Youtube Spotify Click here to submit your pitch to our next issue! • Click here to submit your pitch to our next issue! • Click here to submit your pitch to our next issue! • Click here to submit your pitch to our next issue! •